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1 86 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. woman, passed round the neck of her husband, are too rigid. One is held straight down by the body, the other is bent at a right angle across the stomach. The pose is stiff, the placid features lack expression and will. The induction to which we have been led by the style of these figures is confirmed by an observation made during recent explora- tions in the necropolis of Memphis, The patch of green paint under the eyes has, as yet, only been found in statues from Fig. 172. — Sepa and Nesa, Louvre. Four feet eight inches high. a certain peculiar class of tombs at Gizeh and Sakkarah. These are chambers cut in the rock, in which the roofs are carved into imitations of timber ceilings of palm wood. Some of the texts which have been found in them contain the name of a king whose chronological place has not yet been satisfactorily determined, but v/ho seems to have been anterior to Snefrou. The figures upon which the adornment in question occurs would appear therefore